Delightful soul

Hi all, I just want to say that so far I have lost 4.9 kilos (nearly 10 pounds) on my new eating plan and am so happy. I'm feeling better too in my body. Just wanted to thank you lovely ladies who encouraged me to go to WW. It's been really helpful having that accountability and hope and believe i shall continue. Thanks!

HI all, Have you ever had once of those weeks where everything just gets too much and you want to scream??? I've had one of those. My aunt died back in august and has been kept in a hospital till the legalities went through, now I am helping my mum bury her and it is really unbelievabley stressful, dad's got the painters in painting the bathroom, so I have not had a shower today (ew) and I have an exam tonight that I will have to go to that I have half studied for. My heart hurts as I just joined a dating site and have met some creepy people on there and I have been battling temptations of all kinds all week. Probabley the one that is bothering me the most is I have been abusing people who don't obey traffic (in my car ofcourse haha) cause am so stressed and cranky. Please please can someone lift my life up in prayer?

Hows Sirianta?

wow that is sooo encouraging! He is so right, isn't He and gentle as a dove.

I knew it I knew it I knew it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PRAISE JESUS FOREVER! I'm soooooooooooooooooooo happy for you pureheart! He loves to answer our prayers!!!! Awww this makes me sooo happy! You have made my day!!!!! Bless Him soooo much! What a great testimony!!!!!!!!

I've had a similar experience to the Notebook, except not sure about the ending LOL....... God has told me to hold back on the whole dating thing, how patient does a girl have to be ARGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!

I pray Pureheart that you would find a way. That the way of Jesus healing hand would touch your mouth right now ....Amen! Let us know how you go!

yeah it looks like it would make a good tiara! thanks guys, I love it...... so sweet.....

my gosh how huge is that!

it really did not come out well, but it is a cute pink stone...pinky ring!

Hi everyone, just wanted to share that I got an early christmas pressy..........a beautiful ring froma dear friend of mine. She asked the Lord what to give me and only a few days ago I was saying to the Lord how I wanted a ring for Christmas as I have had so many lovely rings and I have sown them into ministries over the years. I said to God, I want one that I can keep for keeps and voila! So happy

Have you thought of seeing a naturaopath? I know they are costly too, but it may just be a matter of seeing one asap to get at the infection before it starts affecting your teeth adversley. Father I pray for my friend, here, I thank you that you are her provider and you see her heart. Pureheart, please, please do not limit God, He has a creative answer for you. In the mean time, have you been using mouthwash or a salt rinse to help ease the pain? I hope I have helped. Kind regards and blessings to you Pureheart.

I have only read the beginning, but I hear ya. When I met the Lord as a 15 year old I actually saw Him. when I saw braveheart, I actually thought to myself, that Mel Gibson should play Jesus some day and look just like he did in this movie. He ended up directing the passion as you'd know but used someone else cause he felt he was too old. But yeah, I see Jesus as a firebrand warrior!! Cause this is how He revealed himself to me too!

I'm actually stepping out in faith and seeking atm, it's been nearly two years since my last relationship, so it's good to get my feet wet again in the dating pool......

Good on you Hindsfeet, so encourageing

I pray that as you place your helmet of salvation on that you would rest assured. Do you know the hymn Blessed Assurance? I will keep you in my prayers Rachel.

there are lots of reasons for mental illness, stress can be a cause, taking illicit drugs, hereditary .... The hardest part about being diagnosed is accepting where you are at. Alot of churches like to label it demonic and with the wave of a hand it can be 'cast out'. I do not believe that at all. I believe there can be spirits attached but also it is a mind/brain disorder so to speak. Sometimes medication has bad side effects, but if it is stopping the paranoia then you know it is more than spiritual that it is physical. Your dream life can definately be affected even by medication. They are mind altering drugs....even if they are legal, but if it is giving you peace of mind, I would not trouble myself with the reasons why you have a mental illness. God is a healer.......yes and He wants you well. There is such a stigma about Mental illness and people have so many opinions out there about it, just like I am giving you mine. My encouragement to you is. If you are troubled by your thoughts, get help, from doctors, psychologists, prayer and exercise. It's a balance thing. There is reason behind your psychosis, I am not disputing that, but given that you are being tormented by such episodes, I would seek all the help I could get to stop such trouble for you mind. The bible says guard your heart with all diligence for out of it flow the issues of life. Some translations speak of the heart as ones mind. (someone correct me if I am wrong here).......I take this scripture to mean that whether I have a mental illness or not, my peace of mind is important for good health. Dear friend, you are looking for answers to your situation and rightly so. But right now I think you are in need of support, then the answers will come from that. Peace dear friend, seek peace at all costs, even if it means you have to suffer the side effects of meds.....trust that God puts the medical professions there to help when we "need" it. Bless you dear one.

Hi Rachel, I hope you don't mind what I am about to say, but it is sometimes hard to differentiate between reality and imagination when there may be a chemical imbalance. If you have been diagnosed with a mental illness and have experienced psychosis, it is the same part of the brain which centers around our dream life. But thing is with a mental illness, the mind is basically getting the messages confused and mixing the thoughts all around so to speak. I would encourage you to see your doctor and tell him about how you are doing and see what they say. Also too to have counselling sometimes helps. Remember psychosis is a very real seeming experience due to the fact that your mind thinks what you are thinking is real, when it simpley isn't. Also too I might add that the enemy loves to get in there a play around when we are in a vulnerable state and also too, some of the things you are feeling and thinking could stem from past experiences that are acted out in these episodes. This is just my opinion and I want to say again, that if you have been diagnosed with a mental illness, you need to be treated for that ....the same way a diabetic needs insulin you need medication to help your mind relax and think clearly and rationally. Remember also we are triparte beings, physical, spiritual and mental. So aim to be healthy in all these areas by being "balanced" in these areas. I pray you find the answers you are looking for and find hope and I thankyou for being so open on here to reveal your struggles on here. God bless and I hope this resonated with you and if not please disregard what I have said. All the best.....

Throat we speak to you in Jesus name!!!! Be healed and swelling and soreness go in Jesus name! AMEN AND AMEN!

Lots of things can be the result of witchcraft, and yes self hatred could cause physical ailments. However, I find if I go to God with each ailment, he reveals what the cause is behind it. If we are open and also use wisdom, we will hear His voice as we are all so unique. I find if I do a check list of things in the natural then the spiritual is easier to see. Like if I have had back ache, I think, ok, "how many hours did i dig in the garden or sit with bad posture at the puter", have I done any heavy lifting?" Such checklists can be helpful. We are triparte beings so it's helpful I feel to look at all aspects of who we are in a balanced way. That still small voice sometimes can only be heard when we still ourselves and rest in Him for a while..... Hope this has helped. Blessings.......

I'm really in between opinions at the moment. I mean God judged people in the old testament, like the Egyptians with plagues and disasters.......if God's word says He came to fulfill the law not to do away with it, then why would God's character change? He still punishes doesn't He? I mean I know the punishment was all in Christ but what of those out of Christ do they reap what they sow. As in if you sow sin, you reap judgement? There is alot of teaching on grace and this is amazing, how God forgives, but I still think that there are consequences for action. Sure there is grace......but can we take it for granted? I'd love to think that God is not going to judge the world for its sin who have not turned to Jesus, but the word also says, spare the rod and spoil the child. When disaster strikes, it is amazing how some people get so scared they come back to God. Now I know that God's love draws people to repentance, but what about those whose hearts are so hardened (like the Eyptians) that they they will not listen but for the disasters that literally put the fear of God into people? I love grace, but there has been so much abuse of grace in our churches that I feel we have forgotten the full gospel. Like I said I do not know for certain, but this is where I am at at the moment. When ever I have sinned, I have been amazed at how many people preach grace to me before repentance!!!! When I went to hospital years ago with my gall bladder infected I cried to the nurses and got angry with myself for eating garbage all my adult years cause I knew this was what I had sown and I was reaping a sick body from it. The nurses kindly said to me "you're human", but I still lost my gall bladder. The truth was, if I had eaten healthily I would not have reaped what I had sown in bad food and would have reaped a healthy body that did not have to endure the pain and guilt of knowing that I had failed. It was the truth. If I had said "well God loves me and I am going to eat junk food all the time and expect a healthy body" most people would call me a fool. But this is exactly what I did. Repercussions, there IS So much sin. Many are listening to the grace message and the love message and so forth, but what about the ones whose hearts are like rock!!!!?? I'm very passionate about this cause recently I was confronted with this very issue and more and more I am leaning towards a balance of grace and consquences for sin. If that makes sense. I hope I have not offended anyone and sorry for getting on my

Sometimes being practical is important too. I know of a minister who once was praying over an altar call of people who went down for prayer . One man was presented to him and was told he had a 'problem' with hitting his wife........the minister didn't pray for him but repremanded him and said if he continued, he would give him some "thump therapy"!!!! Now I don't advocate what He said, but it showed me how much good men hate men who beat up women and how even repsectable ministers have dealt with this sort of thing. Emotional abuse is worse in my opinion as the scars are harder to detect. Look, I just hope you take some reasonable precautions to protect yourself and your daughter. I agree with Cholettes post and everyones here. Some practical steps need to be taken in order to be safe, if not for you, for your daughter. Abuse is serious and needs to be treated as such. Bless you truly..

Yes I agree with the comments above that they must agree with what's already in your heart. Sometimes we get stuff from foreign countries (I'm Australian) and we think cause it is from overseas that it is special, but really the whole world has it's false prophesying and people who are new to the gift who are like kids with powerful toys waving them about willy nilly. Glad that you judged the word wisely HK. Blessings from downunder!

Thankyou Jesus this child is YOURS , we lift her up to you and thankyou for washing her with your blood. Your blood is sooo precious..........thankyou for what you have done and for revelation knowlege to come to this family about this situation. You know exactly what is needed.......please communicate their part in this matter, to believe and trust you with her. I take authority against all frustration, worry, fear and torment in this matter and declare PEACE over the household.......peace Lord.........let your peace come to this girls body. we come against every curse over her life that may have passed down through the generations and declare the blessing of Abraham over her body, skin, airways and entire chest region and from the top of her head to the souls of her feet. Wash her body Lord, thankyou sooo much Lord Jesus for washing her body, mind and spirit with your blood and by the Word of her testimony she shall overcome the enemy! Amen...... Bless you!